Heineken Cup 2006 / 2007 Pool Draw

The draw for the pool positions for the 2006 / 2007 Heineken Cup will be made next month.

The 24 teams who have qualified for the tournament will be drawn into six Pools of four teams each.

The No 1 seeded teams from each of the six nations - England, Ireland, Italy, France, Scotland (Edinburgh Gunners) and Wales (Cardiff Blues) - will be drawn in separate Pools.

Five of the Pools will have no more than one team from the same country. One of the Pools will have two French teams as France have earned an additional seventh place by virtue of being the most successful nation out of England, Italy and France in the 2005 / 2006 tournament.

The date, venue and additional details of the draw will be announced shortly

Two more clubs - Benetton Treviso and Rugby Calvisano - have booked their Heineken Cup 2006 / 2007 places by qualifying for the Super 10 final to be played at Stadio Brianteo, Monza, on Saturday, 27 May.

And Newport Gwent Dragons, highest non-qualifying team from the Celtic nations, will play Overmach Parma, the best of the losing Italian semi-finalists, at Rodney Parade, Newport, on Friday, 2 June for the 24th and final position.

The match will kick-off at 7.45 pm and will be televised live by Sky Sports and S4C.

The second Scottish place is still up for grabs between Border Reivers (currently ninth in the Celtic League) and 10th placed Glasgow Warriors while in France the seventh place will be filled by either Castres Olympique (currently seventh in the Top 14) and ASM Clermont Auvergne, who are in eighth spot.

Border Reivers are home to the Dragons and Glasgow travel to Connacht on Friday night in the Celtic League while Castres travel to Pau and ASM Clermont go to Bayonne in the final round of the Top 14 on Saturday afternoon.

Cardiff Blues face Newport Gwent Dragons in a massive 'all-Welsh' European Rugby Challenge Cup quarter-final at Rodney Parade in April - and the region is now pleased to announce that tickets are on General Sale NOW!

Egg-cellent news! Our Cardiff Blues Rugby Camps return this Easter to give children right across our region the opportunity to participate in rugby during the holidays - and after selling out our last two camps you can book NOW to avoid any disappointment!

Cardiff Blues will be celebrating St David's Day when the region faces Edinburgh Rugby at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park on Sunday afternoon (kick-off 12.45pm) - with hundreds of children invited as part of our Regional Schools Day.

Fine footwear retailer The Brogue Trader - one of the official sponsors of Cardiff Blues - is celebrating after being recognised by the British Footwear Association at its annual Footwear Industry Awards.

A powerful second half surge from new table-toppers Munster Rugby saw the run in three tries and wrap up victory over Cardiff Blues as the Guinness PRO12 season resumed at the newly-developed Irish Independent Park.